Ice-hook



J. R. STOGNER.

ICE HOOK. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19, 1920 Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

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UNITED STATES JOHN ROY STOGNER, 0F LANCASTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.

ICE-HOOK.

Specification of Letters latcnt.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

Application filed October 19, 1920. Serial No. 417,913.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JOHN Roy S'roeNEn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of South Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ice-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention has reference to an improved ice tong.

My object is the construction of an article of this character which comprises a number of pivotally connected parts designed to be folded upon and against each other when not in use so as to produce a small compact package that may be readily carried in the pocket of the user, and which, may be readily brought to operative position and locked when engaging with blocks of ice of varying sizes.

The foregoing, and other objects which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction, combination and operative arrangement of parts, such as is disclosed by the drawings which accompany and which form part of this specification.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation showing thetongs in folded condition.

Fig. 2 is a similar view but showing the prongs spread and the hooks thereof locked in one position on the arms.

Fig. 3 is similar view but showing the hooks locked at a second position on the arms, and also indicating by the dotted lines the manner in which the hooks may be locked at a third position on the arms.

Fig. 4: is an edge view of the improvement.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the arms.

Fig. 6 is a similar view of one of the hooks with the latch attached thereto.

My improved tongs include a handle 1 which may have attached thereto or which is centrally formed with an angular shank 2. The shank, preferably at its outer end is widened and has pivotally connected thereto, as at 3-3 arms 4. The arms 4: have their free ends rounded or inclined towardeach other, as at 5, and to these offset portions there is pivoted, as at 6 the leg portions 7 of the hooks 8. The legs are preferably rounded, and may be fiat in cross section, and each of the said legs has pivotally connected thereto, as at 9 rack bars 10. The notches in the rack bars are designed to engage with headed studs 11 that are formed on the arms at at the juncture of the offset ends 5 therewith. By such engagement the hooks can be locked at various angles to the arms, as illustrated in the several figures of the drawings, so that a rigid connection is thus provided between these elements, and consequently the hooks will effectively engage with the blocks of ice to be supported by the tongs. When the device is not in use, the arms 4 are swung on their pivots against each other and in a line with the shank 2. The legs 7 are then swung inwardly so that the hooked ends thereof will be arranged one to the side of the shank and the other to the side of the folded arms. The rack bars are permitted to swing in a line with the legs 7. When in such position the device presents a small package which may be readily carried in the pocket of the user.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim, is

1. In an ice tongs, a handle provided with a shank, arms pivotally connected therewith, legs terminating in hooks pivotally connected to the ends of the arms, and means carried by the legs and engaging with the arms for locking the arms on the legs at varying angles.

2. A foldable ice tongs, comprising a handle provided with a shank, arms pivotally secured to the shank and having their free ends offset toward each other, legs terminating in hooks pivoted to the said offset portions, rack bars pivoted to the respective legs, and studs on the arms designed to be engaged by the rack bars.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN ROY STOGNER. 

